He would go on to become one of our greatest-ever goalkeepers, but David Seaman very nearly missed out on the opportunity to join us at all.
The former England international - who will play for Arsenal Legends against Real Madrid on Saturday - was at QPR in 1990 when George Graham came calling - but an unfortunate injury nearly scuppered everything.
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"The season before I found out that I was going to be joining Arsenal, I got a chance to join them," Seaman told Arsenal Player.